The following are the words of the Dishonourable Rona Ambrose, Member of Parliament for Edmonton-Spruce Grove and Minister of Public Works and Government Services, spoken in the Parliament of Canada on the subject of the recent Auditor-General’s report indicating that the government lied to Parliament and the nation about the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: F-35 – Kissing America’s Arse Takes Wings
I’m reposting this piece from 12 December, 2010. It adds some useful context to the depths of Harper’s perversion of our federal government and its insitutions. What’s not to like about the F-35? Just about everything. That includes how Harper & Company, aided and abetted by a military willing to
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Gas price to drop 3.6 cents overnight
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Continue readingOn Wrestling, Politics and Other Musings of the Mind's Eye: On Recent Conservative Blunders and a good week for the Liberal Party
So, in the last week the Harper Gover…nope, can’t do it…the deceitful big C Conservatives have taken two massive missteps. And after all the bad press over Robogate, these blunders couldn’t have come at a worse time.First of all, it was leaked recently, by Conservative government offices no less, that the
Continue readingBuckdog: Montreal Gazette: "So that’s it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us."
“So that’s it then: They knew and they lied. To Parliament. To all of us. If Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s word is to be believed — and there is no reason to think that it isn’t — then the federal cabinet and by extension the prime minister, and not just
Continue readingLeDaro: Octomom: Back on Food Stamps
This is one of the weirdest stories which made mass media. Maybe she should go back to stripping. “Octomom” Nadya Suleman says financial troubles as she tries to raise 14 children have put her back on food stamps. Suleman said Thursday that she’s been forced to break her vow to
Continue readingtheKrellant.ca: Outtakes from the NDP Leadership Convention
The Krellant Evening News brings you the deleted scenes from our special report on the NDP Leadership Convention. Every wondered about the NDP’s position on the weaponization of space, or how they plan on stealing the nation’s baby’s? Cat Reporter brings you the truth on these hot-button issues, and more!
Continue readingHassan Diab: the next stop on the railroad
Unsurprisingly, Hassan Diab has been ordered deported by Justice Minister Rob Nicholson. He’s the Carleton University sociology professor accused by a crusading French magistrate of involvement in a horrific synagogue bombing in Paris in 1980. I’ve blogged about this on-going travesty of justice here and here and here and here
Continue readingTerahertz: Alberta’s next cabinet: Bigots and Theocrats?
After Naheed Nenshi became mayor of Calgary and Alison Redford won the Progressive Conservative leadership race, becoming Alberta’s first female premier, I thought things were turning around for my homeland. Moderate, pragmatic, and relatively progressive ideas were starting to take hold. Plans were on the way to improve the Alberta
Continue readingThe Sixth Estate: Auditor-General Stops, Backs Up, Changes Doors
Well, well. I bet the Prime Minister’s Office is currently looking up what Cabinet order is required in order to sack an Auditor-General — and my apologies also to said Auditor-General for what I said last time. “I can’t speak to individuals who knew it, but it was information that
Continue readingdaveberta.ca - Alberta politics blog: tempting fate, a new @premierdanielle twitter account is created.
A screen shot of the @PremierDanielle Twitter account. Is Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith already measuring the drapes in the Premier’s Office? A Twitter account named @PremierDanielle has been created. The only other Twitter user the account is following, as of this afternoon, is @ElectDanielle, Ms. Smith’s official Twitter account.
Continue readingImpolitical: Rae’s clever privilege motion on the F-35s
Here it is, the full text: Liberal Leader Bob Rae’s Point of Privilege (h/t to David Akin for posting) The most important parts are at pages 5-9. Essentially, Rae’s point is that the Auditor General’s report says one thing. The Harper ministers, on the other hand, said very different things
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: The World We Are Willfully Destroying
Last year, I wrote a post on the power of the documentary. In it, I discussed how a good nature documentary can very powerfully help us to see both the wonders of the world and how we are destroying that world. Last night I watched the show Nature on PBS.
Continue readingInternets broken?
Is your internet connection fast and frisky today? Mine neither: it is, in fact, cataclysmically slow. I was just going to phone Shaw and give them another verbal asskicking when I found this: Anonymous is claiming responsibility for a cyberattack against Chinese websites — one that may also be having
Continue readingDear Harper Government™: Fuck You. Love, Quebec.
And thanks so much for forgetting the Montréal Massacre, too. It only took you bastards 23 years to set us collectively back half a century. Bray-fucking-vo. Meanwhile, les Québécois(es) se souviennent: On a day the government fulfilled a long-standing goal and saw legislation to destroy the federal long-gun registry set
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: Obert Madondo’s Indefinite Canada Crime Bill C10 Hunger Strike (VIDEO)
Today, April 5, 2012, is the 23rd day of Obert Madondo’s indefinite hunger strike protest against Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new Safe Streets and Communities Act (formerly omnibus crime Bill C-10). Obert’s five demands include the immediate repeal of the … Continue reading →
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Budget Lands With Thud
In the online survey of a representative national sample of 1,060 Canadian adults, 30 per cent of respondents expect the federal budget to have a positive impact on the country, while 33 per cent believe it will have a negative effect. However, 41 per cent of Canadians think the federal
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian home page: Founder’s Syndrome: Corporations and Civilization
Civilizations are like corporations. At some point in their evolutionary rise as innovative and unique organizations, they fail to adapt to changing circumstances and drift into fatal vulnerability…The corporate world is littered with vivid examples of Founder’s Syndrome. Despite selling 10 million cars by 1924, the Ford Motor Company almost
Continue readingBlunt Objects: Campaign Res. #AbVote Poll: 17.1-point Wildrose Lead
It’s not up through my usual sources but Globe and Mail mentioned it, and it originated on Stephen Taylor’s website. Apparently, the Conservative-backed pollster releases their polls through a Conservative-backed blogger. Surprise. But, in fairness to Campaign Research, of Cotler-call fame, their numbers are within the norms. I still don’t
Continue readingOpenMedia.ca: Canada is a Pro-Internet Trendsetter: Weekly News Update from OpenMedia.ca
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